Program 4
Sunday, June 29 @ 4pm
Performances by
• Estrada Dance, UT
• E-Danza, NY
• Jaryd Farcon & Co., NY
• Sophia Perone, NY
• Julia Ciesielska, NY
• Motion Tribe, Korea
• Mark Bankin, NY
• Vitality [the company], CO
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Estrada Dance
O - Six
Lehua Estrada has danced professionally for over 20 years, nationally and
internationally, with artists and organizations including Tzveta Kassabova, Nikolais
Dance Theater, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Cie. Willi Dorner, PEARSONWIDRIG
DANCETHEATER, and Natosha Washington. As a solo artist she creates site-specific,
durational, and social commentary dances and films. Lehua has been the recipient of
awards and honors for her dance films and choreography.
Inspiration for O-Six comes from the story of Yellowstone’s famous and powerful wolf,
Female 06. An enigma to those who studied her, her story echoes in our consciousness
as familiar. Her arrival into Yellowstone, the unknown boundaries that surrounded her,
and her untimely death are metaphors to the lack of value and acceptance of diverse
populations in our society. O-Six personifies this wolf’s life force and wisdom, while the
incorporation of glassine obscures the ability to witness 06 continually as would happen
in nature and by 06’s cunning choice.
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E-Danza
Stillness Knitting Breath
A visionary non-profit organization dedicated to fostering inclusivity and expanding artistic opportunities for dancers, choreographers, filmmakers, writers, and visual artists.
By championing cross-disciplinary collaboration, E-DANZA nurtures a global creative community where the transformative power of the arts enriches lives and promotes social unity.
Stillness Knitting Breath, intertwines family, memories, and the realm of dreams to create a dance that flows seamlessly through time and cultures, enriching the present moment with hints of surrealism. Mesoamerican-inspired masks and textile sculptures interact with the dancers, transforming their appearance to transport them and the audience to different realities. Original compositions by Douglas Baker and Katey Robbins. They voice the tender melody of a traditional lullaby with custom lyrics that Barragán continues to sing to his sons.
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Fate is in the cards
Jaryd Farcon & Co.
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Jaryd Farcon & Co.
Fate is in the cards
Jaryd Farcon is a New York based artist who has graduated from LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts and earned his degree from the Ailey/Fordham BFA program. He is a National YoungArts winner in Jazz/Dance and has numerous International Latin Ballroom Titles. Jaryd is a faculty member at Steps on Broadway and has danced with Ailey II and BHdos. Furthermore, he has choreographed on the Steps Conservatory and Frank Sinatra School of the Arts. During his studies, Jaryd has attended summer programs such as the Jacob's Pillow Contemporary Program, Orsolina 28 Nunes/ Flock Creation Program, and Alonzo King Lines Ballet. Currently, Jaryd is a company member with the New Jack Cole Dancers. He is thrilled to be presenting work at this year’s festival.
His work, Fate is in the cards, explores the concept of chance and the cyclical nature of existence, asking the question: Are we trapped in a never-ending loop?
© Natalie Rey
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"LIKE A RIVER FLOWS"
The American Swiss Ballet Co., initially founded as a youth company in Switzerland, expanded to New York City in 2015 as ASB Company NYC. Headquartered in Manhattan, our studio resides in a building designed by architect Emery Roth, offering inspiration with its Beaux-Arts Deco details. With a diverse team of choreographers and teachers specializing in contemporary to classical styles, we provide a comprehensive dance education. ASB has participated in numerous dance festivals across the United States, France, Italy, and Switzerland, nurturing the careers of our talented dancers. Our mission is to equip young dancers with strong technique and ample stage experience, fostering a successful professional career. We passionately support our members on an international journey through dance, promoting a fantastic cultural exchange.
American Swiss Ballet Co.
© Simon Ripert
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Motion Tribe
Balance
Motion Tribe is a contemporary dance collective based in Korea, exploring themes of balance, transformation, and resilience through raw, physical movement. Their featured work Balance incorporates symbolic objects such as a ceramic jar and tree branches to reflect the coexistence of fragility and strength. Known for their use of poetic imagery and grounded group dynamics, Motion Tribe creates performances that blur the boundary between performer and audience. Led by choreographer Yoon Seungjin, the group has been active in site-specific works, festivals, and cross-disciplinary collaborations across Korea, and is proud to make its New York debut at the 2025 DUMBO Dance Festival.
Untitled No 6
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Sophia Perone
Sophia Perone and Harry Sukonik are New York-based dancers and artistic collaborators. Both hold a BFA in Dance from The Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, and their work has been presented across New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Michigan, and California.
Their current work Act Normal explores themes of gender roles, forbidden attraction, and blends playful banter with dynamic narrative. Harry and Sophia aim to create thought-provoking and emotionally resonant work through their movement.
© Shannon Bramhan
Act Normal
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Julia Ciesielska
Everlasting memory
Julia Ciesielska, born and raised in Poland, is a graduate of the Juilliard School in New York directed by Alicia Graf Mack. In 2024, she was selected to perform in R.O.S.E by Sharon Eyal in the Park Avenue Armory. In 2019, she received the Young Dancer of The Year award and a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in Poland and Pomeranian Artistic Hope 2019. Julia choreographed for Traverse City Dance Project, Juilliard Choreographers and Composers 2023, Senior Production 2025, and was selected for Choreographic Honors in 2023 and 2024. She received the 1st place in a Choreographic Competition ZAiKS 2023 and 2024 in Poland. Her piece Everlasting memory presents feelings of love, vulnerability, curiosity, and perseverance. Alongside Chopin’s Nocturne which is filled with spontaneity and changes of color, in her work, Julia explores a wide range of colors, emotions, and qualities.
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In This Light
East by North Dance Theatre- born out of a love for pure movement, East by North Dance Theatre was formed under the idea that simple or compounding thought can be expressed through vivid movement. Founded and directed by Sarah Nachbauer and Jon Eden, East by North represents the unrestricted and improvisational spirit that they feel symbolize a new wave of modern theatrical dance.
East by North Dance Theatre
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Mark Bankin
Disputations
Mark Bankin, dance diagram specialist, directs a repertory ensemble that works with archives and movement notation partitions to create rigorous formal structures of highly technical choreographies. His dance dramas concerned with death anxiety, memory loss, silence, and interiority are devised together with multidisciplinary collaborators to create personal works that strip away superficiality in favor of raw emotional depth. He is influenced greatly by the postwar abstract expressionist lineages he's participated in since 2012 including working with Butoh masters Yoshito Ohno, Tetsuro Fukuhara, and Gekidan Kaitaisha, as well as studying with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. His works increasingly eschew conventional proscenium settings, instead self-producing performances in unusual spaces such as a 19th-century warship, a soon-to-be-demolished warehouse, and a decrepit church basement. These site-specific dance evenings revitalize underutilized spaces as sites for art and communal gathering.
© Ed Lee
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ZORROW
Vitality is defined as the state of being strong and active; energy. Through Vitality [the company] our goal is to bring multiple forms of energy and high athleticism to the fusion dance world. We believe in strength and endurance, so what you will witness from our pieces and/or performances is just that.
We will be presenting new work from our recent performance, VIM.
“ZORROW” is based off life looking for life. Feeling deserted, washed up, and strained but determined. It’s the fight to the finish. The athleticism in this piece represents how empowered we are as humans to depend on something or someone else.
Vitality [the company]
© McKenna Elsner
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